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Russellville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Russellville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2007
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 355▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 85▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder heifers and steers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.36/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −123.29 against this barn's trailing median of $355.65.
Average price
$232.36
23 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.34
vs AL average
−25.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539232.361,25323
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
232.36
—
AL average14 barns · 539 hd
229.02
+3.34
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−25.45
This barn, trailing median24 sales
355.65
−123.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
427382337292median 355.6503/0206/0108/1009/2811/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $412.80, low $305.56, median $355.65 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,663151.412,5197thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,340123.011,6486thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,114113.191,26131

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5923thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7632thin

Every lot

36 lots · USDA AMS · Northwest Alabama Livestock Cattle Sale - Russellville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2265350.00/cwt350.00–350.009282
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2314330.84/cwt322.00–340.001,0398
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3325300.00/cwt300.00–300.009751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2329282.45/cwt277.50–287.509297
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365270.00/cwt270.00–270.009864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366295.11/cwt290.00–305.001,0805
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1975
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422266.71/cwt260.00–277.001,12617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478249.96/cwt247.50–255.001,19510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513239.50/cwt232.50–242.501,22911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2563225.82/cwt222.50–227.501,27112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615216.26/cwt215.00–217.501,3304
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2337316.68/cwt315.00–320.001,0676
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1350335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1734
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3392
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2436268.33/cwt262.50–277.001,17015
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477257.88/cwt255.00–260.001,23015
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527249.19/cwt247.50–250.001,3136
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563240.07/cwt235.50–245.001,35214
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620228.89/cwt227.50–230.001,4199
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678225.60/cwt225.00–226.001,5305
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605163.66/cwt161.00–168.002,6273
Bulls——1,683138.30/cwt136.00–143.002,3283
Bulls——1,780154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,7411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,036105.85/cwt104.00–108.001,09714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,159118.47/cwt113.00–122.001,37315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310127.01/cwt126.00–128.001,6644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,320125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,400115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6102
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,591.67/head1,575.00–1,600.001,5923

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.